Tech Meme

Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: Bitcoin fell ~5% to ~$81K, ether dropped 7%, and Solana fell 13% after President Trump unveiled new tariffs; Coinbase’s and MicroStrategy’s shares are down 6%+  —  Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were under pressure Thursday after President Donald Trump’s big tariffs reveal jolted the stock market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: larger than the Switch but not uncomfortable, flagship games show off the system well, and the Joy-Con’s mouse-like mode is precise  —  The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but it’s much more obvious when you use one. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: AI video startup Runway raised $308M led by General Atlantic, sources say at a $3B+ valuation, and plans to hire more filmmakers, screenwriters, and others  —  The deal, which is set to be announced Thursday, pushes Runway’s value to just over $3 billion, according to people familiar … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: larger than the Switch without being uncomfortable, flagship games play well, and the Joy-Con’s mouse-like mode mostly works well  —  The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but it’s much more obvious when you use one. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Intel unveils a new slogan, “That’s the power of Intel Inside”, building on its Intel Inside campaign in 1991; its current marketing focuses on the Core series  —  From inside to outside?  —  Ever since Intel launched its ‘Intel Inside’ campaign in 1991, its brand identity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: Bitcoin falls ~5% to ~$81K, ether drops 7%, and Solana falls 13% after President Trump unveiled tariffs; Coinbase’s and MicroStrategy’s shares fall by 7%+  —  Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were under pressure Thursday after President Donald Trump’s big tariffs reveal jolted the stock market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: President Trump’s tariffs are set to disrupt the Bitcoin mining sector, as many of the largest miners are based in the US and the supply chain is rooted in Asia  —  Lauren Lin is in a hurry.  She has less than 48 hours to ship about 5,600 Bitcoin mining machines from Thailand to the US … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Circle’s S-1 shows that it is a fintech and that, as of December 31, 2024, ~85% of USDC reserves were in a BlackRock-managed money market fund only for Circle  —  Circle, slangy wealth management chatbots, private credit runs, SEC climate rules and OCC desk space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: Ireland’s DPC will fine TikTok €500M+ before the end of April for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, after a lengthy GDPR investigation  —  The penalty is likely to be the third highest ever dished out by the Irish watchdog following earlier fines of €746 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft has halted talks for, or delayed development of, data center projects in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin  —  The software company has recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois … Lees verder op Tech Meme